Essentials for the Home Bar

Just as chefs love exotic spices and rare produce, mixologists seek out obscure spirits and mixers. A bar stocked with these unusual spirits allows the amateur bartender to create ambitious cocktails at home.

Barolo Chinato

This spicy, wine-based digestif contains quinine, which is what gives tonic water its bitterness.

Carpano Antica Formula

This sweet Italian vermouth is a more robust, full-bodied alternative to standard vermouth like Martini & Rossi.

Chartreuse V.E.P.

A complex French liqueur that’s aged much longer than regular Chartreuse, giving it a mellower, more integrated flavor.

Fernet-Branca Amaro

Mixologists like to add this intensely flavored Italian herbal digestif to drinks in small doses, in place of bitters.